Aqueous coating compositions comprising polycarboxylic acid resin, phenol resin and copper compound

Claim 1

In an aqueous coating composition comprising an aqueous medium having dispersed therein an unsaturated polycarboxylic acid resin neutralized with a base and a phenol resol an improvement characterized in that said composition further contains a copper compound dispersed in the aqueous medium in an amount of 0.0005 to 5% by weight in terms of copper metal, based on said polycarboxylic acid resin, said polycarboxylic acid resin being at least one species selected from the group consisting of maleinized product of drying oil, polyester resin having at least one carboxyl group, maleinized reaction product of epoxy resin esters, alkyd resin modified with fatty acid and maleinized polybutadiene, and said copper compound being at least one species selected from the group consisting of copper naphthenate, copper benzoate, copper laurate, copper palmitate, copper stearate, copper oleate, copper abietinate, copper salt of maleinized oleic acid, copper salt of fumaric tung oil, copper hydroxides, copper oxides, copper sulfate, copper chlorides, copper phosphate, copper chromate and basic copper carbonate.